Saundra Smokes to be remembered in several ways Saturday

Former Post-Standard columnist and editorial writer Saundra Smokes will be remembered Saturday in a number of ways.

The funeral service for Smokes, 57, who died Wednesday, will be at 11 a.m. at Abundant Life Christian Center, 7000 All Nations Blvd., East Syracuse. Then from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. family and friends will hold a reception at City Hall Commons, 201 E. Washington St., Syracuse.

Meanwhile, WHEN-AM, Power 620, where Smokes recently began hosting a radio program, will dedicate her usual time, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, to a remembrance of her through highlighted clips of her show and her previous appearances on the station. That will be rebroadcast at 7 p.m..

Then on Sunday on the same station, Rick Wright will dedicate his entire “Old School Sunday” show, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., to Smokes through discussions, call-in tributes and readings of her work.

Click here too see a collection of Smokes’ columns for The Post-Standard.